Grassroots Neighborhoods: Building a Shared Mission, 11-22

The Lyceum at Millwood featuring Dr. Shawna Beese

Friday 11-22-24, 6-8 pm

“Grassroots Neighborhoods: Building a Shared Mission”

The Lyceum at Millwood is proud to welcome Dr. Shawna Beese as the first speaker in our monthly gatherings, presented by Hope Roasters.

The Lyceum was the garden at Athens in which Aristotle taught philosophy, but we use the modern definition of a literary institution, lecture hall, or teaching place. We will be using the Millwood Masonic Center as the lecture hall and bringing in some of the most inspiring speakers to interact with.

The inaugural season will be centered around Dr. Beese’s topic of “Building a shared mission” for our neighborhoods, intermixed with wildcard subjects and speakers. Rules of public discourse will be strictly followed allowing different opinions to be shared and heard.

From Dr. Beese…

Grassroots Neighborhoods: Building a Shared Mission

Please join me as we spend an evening discussing how neighbors can build a shared mission with neighbors to build a neighborhood that promotes health and resilience for all of us!

After a fulfilling 12-year career in hospital administration, 20 years as a nurse leader, I returned to graduate school in 2019 to work towards a PhD in Nursing focusing on population health.

I wanted to transition my work to community-based health promotion. My dissertation focused on neighborhoods, not only as a site of health care delivery but also as a source of protective and risk determinants of health.

Currently, I serve as a Millwood City Councilwoman and an assistant professor of rural health promotion for the Washington State University Extension through the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences.